The bright planets will appear within a pinkie width of each other this June—their closest alignment until 2028.

Skywatchers across Canada can compare for themselves when both planets appear side by side in the evening sky next week. For ...

On June 7, the two planets will appear side-by-side as they descend toward the horizon, with Jupiter on the left and Venus on ...

A close conjunction of the two brightest planets in the night sky will take place over several evenings, with the best time ...

A rare meteorite found in the Sahara Desert is pointing to the existence of a large rocky world that once orbited the Sun, ...

A quick, beginner's guide to observing Venus and Jupiter – and Mercury – this weekend.

One of the best shows of the year over Butler is this week in the evening twilight in the western sky. The bright planets ...

The transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769 offered a way to calculate the true size of the Solar System. Getting to the right ...

The conjunction will feature the two brightest planets from our point of view: Venus, blazing hot and near at hand, and ...

Despite the scorching, toxic conditions on the planet Venus, some scientists want to look there for life—in the clouds.

As a night owl, I tend to savor those extra minutes which extend a part of the day I can fully utilize. The transition from ...

Based on the behavior of winds on seven large and hot gas exoplanets, astronomers have obtained the strongest evidence to ...